Abacı Dede Tomb
About the Person:
- Abacı Dede is one of the most famous dervishes of Üsküdar.
- It is said that he wore and sold clothes made of hodden throughout his life.
- It is said among the people that the tongue twister “I have an aba (hodden cloth), I lay it out / I sleep wherever I want” was first said by him.
- After his death, he was buried in the place he lived in.
- According to legend, Grand Vizier Nevşehirli İbrahim Pasha heard of his fame and had a tomb built over him.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year: 1704-1705
Ordered by: Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damad İbrahim Pasha
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- It is a simple structure with four walls of masonry and a wooden roof.
- It has a window overlooking Abacı Dede Street and a wooden door on the side opening onto a dead-end street.
- There is no inscription on the building.
- The sarcophagus made of bricks was plastered with cement and covered with a wooden coffin.
- There is a Selimi-style turban motif on the gravestone and the date is engraved as Hijri 1116 (1704-1705).
- The tomb also contains the broken gravestone of Ümmühani Hatun, who is believed to be Abacı Dede’s mother.
